A 2002 Internet article (minesite. com) on one of the gold companies that have decided to retrench workers, allegedly because of the strength of the Rand, says that in the last quarter of that year, the production costs of this company were $186/oz.

Moorcroft's appeal to the minister follows a call he made last week for a halt to the prospecting, as well as a rethink on a proposed tollroad through the area, which green organisations say is being built to serve a future minesite.

A 2002 Internet article (minesite. com) on one of the gold companies that have decided to retrench workers, allegedly because of the strength of the Rand, says that in the last quarter of that year, the production costs of this company were